GRANT and FOUNDATION NEWS and NOTES October 2015

MESSAGE FROM THE CHAIR

Greetings! As the incoming BOARD OF DIRECTORS: Chair of FCRD, I begin this term with a sense of OFFICERS gratitude and stewardship.

CHAIR: Maureen Capp, Director of Resource and As an alumni of Palm Beach Grant Development, State College, I am humbled to lead this 1ST VICE CHAIR: Aaron West, Executive organization towards its Director, Foundation, Pensacola State College vision: to offer members professional development 2ND VICE CHAIR: Jackie Skryd, Executive FCRD Board Members past and present Director of Grants Development, St. Petersburg opportunities and effective College communication strategies to help them succeed in resource development and lead the nation in securing financial resources for the colleges. SECRETARY: Jennifer Peterson, Director of Resource Development, State College at Jacksonville Many thanks to Nancy R. Botero, past-chair, Executive Director and Vice President for Advancement Foundation and Office of Advancement, who led FCRD TREASURER: Judy Green, President, The Florida through the Strategic Planning process and built a solid partnership between the College System Foundation board and its members.

CONFERENCE TREASURER: Cindy Bruin, Director of Grants Development, Indian River State Stewardship of time, talent and treasure is vital to our organization. Its members are College committed to the stewardship of their own institutions and to the System as a whole. As President John F. Kennedy once stated, "a rising tide of PAST CHAIR: Nancy Botero, Vice President of Advancement & Foundation Executive Director, economic growth generated benefits for all." Therefore, what we do within our Broward College communities collectively impacts and improves the lives of our students, their families and fellow Floridians. DIRECTORS

Ellen Burns, Director of Grant Development, St. I appreciate the opportunity this year to continue the focus on two important goals: John’s River State College 1) To provide high-caliber, professional development and networking opportunities for members to build and share best practices. Daniel Cronrath, Director of Grants and Grants 2) To communicate the impact of our system strategically through workshop Management, presentations and online campaigns. Ann Decker, Executive Director of Foundation, Indian River State College Please take a moment to review FCRD's newsletter and reflect on how the resources presented in it have benefited our students and their families. Let us, together, raise Dr. John Gyllin, Executive Director of Foundation, Seminole State College of Florida the economic tide in Florida and open our colleges as the gateways for our students - to gain higher earnings, to provide for their families, and to improve their Cristie Kedroski, Director of College communities. Advancement and Foundation, Northwest Florida State College Sincerely, Suellen Mann, Executive Director, Foundation, Palm Beach State College Maureen Capp Director of Resource and Grant Development Monica Rodriguez, Grants Associate, Palm Beach State College FCRD Chair 1

Events & Highlights

Broward College Madeline Pumariega, Chancellor of the , presented an award of $81,306 to the Broward College Foundation for nursing and first generation in college scholarships. Funding is from earnings from endowed gifts from the Helios Education Foundation, Florida Blue and Bank of America. The Krause Family Foundation has generously matched the Florida Blue funds, doubling the impact of that gift.

The Broward College Foundation inducted eight alumni into its Hall of Distinction and recognized eight faculty members who received Endowed Teaching Chairs at the Broward College Hall of Distinction: Recognizing Excellence within and beyond the Classroom.

Designated by the U.S. Department of Education as a Hispanic Serving Institution, Broward College was awarded a $2.2 million Title V grant to strengthen and expand educational opportunities for Hispanic and low-income students. This program provides grants to make college more attainable for Hispanic students, and allows institutions to enhance their academic offerings and program quality by providing opportunities for faculty and curriculum development, academic tutoring and mentoring, and other services. The grant will be used to pilot, evaluate and scale program activities within Broward College’s Business Career pathway, with a specific focus on entry-level courses in accounting, marketing and business administration.

Chipola College The Chipola Appreciation Club’s Endless Summer dinner and dance on Aug. 22 was a great success. Some 400 friends and alumni gathered at the Marianna National Guard Armory for a relaxing evening of dinner and dancing to raise money for Chipola scholarships. The event raised over $50,000. The proceeds will go toward scholarships for the Senator Bill Montford Scholarship Endowment and a new endowment in honor of Ronnie Myers, a former Chipola star.

College of Central Florida The Ocala Royal Dames for Cancer Research presented $25,000 to the College of Central Florida (CF) Foundation to provide scholarships to talented and deserving students who are pursuing a health occupation degree and have an interest in cancer research, education and or treatment. The Ocala Royal Dames for Cancer Research endowed scholarship was established with the CF Foundation in 2002. To date, 19 CF students have received the scholarship. The group also has purchased library resources and funded Shop Talk, a community outreach program that highlights breast cancer prevention programs.

Munroe Regional Medical Center has pledged $120,000 to purchase patient simulators for the College of Central Florida’s new Health Sciences Simulation Lab. The $120,000 pledge by MRMC highlights a tradition of support. Earlier this year, the hospital began making donations toward a $2 million, 40-year pledge. The hospital also has an endowed nursing scholarship and an Endowed Chair with the CF Foundation.

Earlier this year, CF repurposed Building 16 on its Ocala Campus for Health Sciences simulation labs and classrooms. The new patient simulators will allow students in CF’s Nursing, Emergency Medical Technician and Paramedic programs to practice rapid responses and teamwork in a high-stakes environment.

From left, Bob Moore, CEO of Munroe Regional Medical Center; Dr. Barbara Lange, CF dean of Health Sciences; Dr. Jim Henningsen, CF President; and Chris Knife, executive director of the CF Foundation.

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Daytona State College An anonymous foundation donor presented the Foundation with $150,000 for the support of program funds. Of this amount, $75,000 will be applied toward the purchase of a birthing simulator for the EMS program. This will train students to be prepared as they experience a variety of situations in their emergency capacity, including the birth of a baby. The remaining $75,000 will be applied toward the Human Patient Simulator Lab. The simulator has as its core sophisticated mathematical models of human physiology- cardiovascular, respiratory, neurological and pharmacologic- that imitate human response in multi-layered, real-time ways that are vital to a truly objective learning experience.

The Daytona State College Foundation raised a record amount at the Annual Gala on Sept. 17 – netting over $120,000 for scholarships, including the first fund for DSC’s new soccer teams. Bobby Thigpen, longtime civic leader, retired vice president of Ritchey Automotive and immediate past chair of the DSC Foundation Board of Directors was the honoree. Guests attending this year’s gala enjoyed a festive international cuisine prepared by Daytona State culinary students under the guidance of their award-winning instructor and master chef, Costa Magoulas.

The Alumni Association hosted a reception focusing on an exhibition at the Southeast Museum of Photography presenting photographic works from distinguished alumni of the Southeast Center for Photographic Studies, a consortium with Daytona State College and the University of Central Florida. This year's alumni focus features 15 graduates of this program all working commercially in the Central Florida area.

Eastern Florida State College Eastern Florida State College has been awarded a $1.4 million federal grant to help provide students with the academic and support services they need to succeed. The five-year grant for the TRIO Student Support Services program is aimed at helping increase the number of low-income, first-generation college students and those with disabilities who graduate. Some 235 students participate annually in the program at Eastern Florida, where it has existed since 1971. The students range in age from 18 to 60. The program’s services include tutoring, assistance in course selection, information about financial aid and economic literacy and resources to help students transfer to universities and pursue graduate studies.

Florida Gateway College Florida Gateway College (FGC) received a $1.1 million TRIO Student Support Services grant that will assist the college in its educational efforts for first-generation, low-income, and disadvantaged students. This is the first SSS grant awarded to FGC. Utilizing funding from this grant, FGC will launch its Pathways to Excellence program designed to assist students in making the successful transition to college life. The program will provide success coaches, mentors, and tutors to provide students with one-on-one assistance that is vital to accomplishing their goals. The grant will provide more than $30,000 per year in scholarship assistance to qualifying students to assist with their financial needs.

The Wilson S. Rivers Library at Florida Gateway College used a recently awarded $3,920 Northeast Florida Library Information Network (NEFLIN) Innovation Grant to transform an under‐utilized niche area into a colorful and inviting play space for children with an adjacent desk and computer for their parents (inset). The grant facilitated the purchase of a colorful and flex use furniture, as well as iPAD technology and application software.

The Foundation for Florida Gateway College recently gifted an additional 40 acres to FGC for expansion of the public safety program at its Olustee campus. A public safety campaign is underway to construct a fire tower, driving pad, classrooms and firing range. With the donation of this property, the Foundation has gifted or negotiated the transfer of 82 acres to FGC for current and future program expansion.

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Florida Southwestern State College Florida Southwestern State College joined organizations and volunteers across the Naples area in collecting and transporting more than 14,000 pounds of food donations at the second annual Collier County “Stuff the Bus” Food Drive. Nearly 150 volunteers loaded Collier Area Transit buses with the donations, where they were then taken to the food bank’s warehouse and unloaded.

Florida State College at Jacksonville Florida State College at Jacksonville will put more people back in the classroom to further their career skills with the help of a $5 million federal grant. The school led a three-pronged effort to earn the grant as part of the U.S. Department of Labor American Apprenticeship program. FSCJ, St. Petersburg College and Broward College will work with businesses and other partners to close workforce skills gaps as part of the Florida Apprenticeship Consortium. Industries in information technology, manufacturing, health care and construction trades across the state stand to benefit. In all, 1,000 people will be served by the Florida program over the next five years. As the lead agency, FSCJ will receive more than $2.3 million of the grant.

There were more than a dozen entities that offered letters of support for the program on behalf of the college. They included the city, JAX Chamber, Duval County Public Schools, AT&T, Northrop Grumman Corp. and Vistakon.

Gulf Coast State College Bay County lost a leader and friend on Aug. 2 when former president Bob McSpadden died after a brief illness. He was 71. Robert L. “Bob” McSpadden, known affectionately by many as “Dr. Bob,” served as president of then-Gulf Coast Community College from 1987 until 2007. Before that, he had served in various administrative roles at the school, where he first arrived as a student in 1963.

In addition to his work with the college, McSpadden served on the board of directors for The United Way, Bay County Chamber of Commerce, Anchorage Children’s Home, Bay Defense Alliance, Florida’s Great Northwest and the Florida State University Alumni Association. He was a lifetime member of the Gulf Coast Community College Foundation and was president of the Florida Council of Community Colleges.

McSpadden’s tenure as president saw an expansion of what is now the Gulf Coast State College Foundation, which provides scholarships to Gulf Coast students. When McSpadden became president of the college, the foundation had about $1 million in its coffers. He and new foundation trustee Bill Cramer pitched a major fundraising effort to the rest of the board and over the years raised more than $30 million for scholarships. When McSpadden retired in 2007, the foundation was able to provide about 1,000 scholarships a year, something he said he thought might be his legacy.

Indian River State College The Indian River State College Foundation recently received $9,000 from Wells Fargo Foundation for the Take Stock in Children Scholarship Program. This grant will be used to fund a four-year tuition scholarship for one deserving student. Students awarded scholarships through the Take Stock in Children Scholarship Program must meet the federal guidelines for poverty. In addition, they sign a contract along with their parents/guardians and commit to making good grades, meeting regularly with a mentor, staying drug and crime free, and graduating from high school. The IRSC Foundation has served as the program’s lead agency for Indian River, Martin, Okeechobee, and St. Lucie counties for the past 19 years. During this period, hundreds of students have received scholarships and graduated from Indian River State College.

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Miami Dade College Miami Dade College (MDC) has been awarded nearly $13 million in major grants for important STEM programs and groundbreaking approaches in student support and instruction, as it continues to be creative and assertive in resource development activities.

Four campuses – Hialeah, InterAmerican, Wolfson and Kendall – are the recipients of the combined amount of nearly $10 million in Title V grants and the college received nearly $3 million through the First in the World program, a U.S. Department of Education grant designed to drive innovation and keep higher education within reach of all Americans.

“We are grateful for these critical grants that also serve as affirmation of the innovative things MDC is championing in our community,” stated MDC’s President Dr. Eduardo J. Padrón. “This funding expands our reach in a region that desperately needs more educational opportunities.” Northwest Florida State College On September 18, Haas Specialist Roger Stump presented a $10,000 check on behalf of the Gene Haas Foundation to Northwest Florida State College. This grant will help support scholarships for Computer Numerical Control (CNC) machinist training. These scholarships are to be given to students in a machining-based training program at the college-level.

Caption: (L to R) NWF State College President, Dr. Ty Handy, NWF State College Dean of Career and Technical Education Dennis Sherwood, NWF State College Chair of the Department of Advanced Technology and Design Ray Rickman, and Haas Specialist Roger Stump stand in front of one of three Haas CNC machines at the NWF State College machining lab.

NWF State College is pleased to be partnering with Pensacola State College and the University of West Florida, the lead applicant, on a National Science Foundation, Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship capacity-building grant award. The Recruiting Impassioned STEM Educators (RISE) project team will develop multiple strategies to recruit and retain highly-qualified middle and secondary Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) teachers in Northwest Florida.

Choctawhatchee Basin Alliance (CBA) of Northwest Florida State College is an organization committed to the health and welfare of the Choctawhatchee watershed. CBA has been awarded $40,000 by Five Star and Urban Waters Program for student-led restoration projects. The Five Star and Urban Waters Restoration Grant Program is a collaboration of funding partners that focuses on the stewardship and restoration of coastal, wetland and riparian ecosystems across the country. Agencies that provide funds for the grant include U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, National Fish and Wildlife Foundation, National Association of Counties, Southern Company and Gulf Power, and the U.S. Forest Service. The program requires grantees to form diverse partnerships to initiate important community-based restoration projects and emphasizes an education and outreach component. The Twin Cities Woman’s Club (TCWC) recent gift of $4,000 will provide scholarship assistance to nine adult women during the 2015-16 academic year who are beginning or returning to college and need assistance to complete a college education. Since 1994, the organization has donated more than $87,000 in support and provided 175 scholarship awards to NWF State College students. Thank you Twin Cities Woman’s Club!

Picture (l to r): Mary Corbett, TCWC Education Committee Chair, Brenda Brown, TCWC Education Committee Co-Chair, and Lorraine Phillips, TCWC President, and Dr. Ty Handy, NWF State College President.

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Palm Beach State College Palm Beach State College (PBSC) cybersecurity students have a new tool which gives them hands on training to deal with computer hackers. A new Cybersecurity Lab was launched on September 16 which allows students to engage in real-world simulations to strengthen cyber defense skills. The Lab’s opening included a ribbon cutting ceremony with PBSC’s President Ava L. Parker followed by a panel discussion featuring Daniel Stein, program director for the National Cybersecurity Education and Training Program and Martin Kellen, senior vice president of ISS Global, an IT security solution provider based in Boca Raton.

PBSC $1.2 million Cybersecurity Lab is part of a $10.2 million U.S Department of Labor TAACCT grant to a consortium of Florida colleges led by the College of Central Florida. The consortium - Florida XCEL-IT focuses on developing programs in cybersecurity, manufacturing, logistics and supply management.

Cutting the ribbon are (from left): Jesse Pulliam, student trustee; David H. Talley, former chair of the PBSC District Board of Trustees; PBSC President Ava L. Parker; Richard Chance, associate professor and chair of the Information Management B.A.S. degree program; John W. Dowd, III, member of the PBSC District Board of Trustees; Jose Ortiz, XCEL-IT grant director; and Wendy Gueldner, XCEL- IT grant student development advisor. Pensacola State College Pensacola State College (PSC) has been awarded two highly competitive U.S. Department of Education TRIO Student Support Services grants totaling $2.69 million over five years. TRiO Student Support Services is a federally funded program to assist students who are first generation in college, low income, or have a documented disability. This year, TRIO added a new focus on students who are veterans.

PSC was awarded one of the only 14 Veterans Student Support Services grants that were awarded nationally and the only one in Florida. The grant totals $1,100,000 over five-years and will serve 120 eligible student veterans each year. The second grant provides $318,545/year for the college’s re-funded regular Student Support Services project to serve 225 students each year. Among the services provided in both grants are advising, academic tutoring, mentoring, personal counseling and cultural activities.

The Pensacola State College Foundation received a $10,000 gift from Dr. William T. Brantley creating the William T. Brantley Scholarship Endowment for Physical Sciences. Dr. Brantley was a PSC faculty member in Physical Sciences from 1965-1995. He remained as a PSC adjunct faculty until 2009. Dr. Brantley’s gift demonstrates his commitment to continuing to impact on our outstanding students into the future.

Picture: Dr. William T. Brantley (center) presents a gift to the Pensacola State College Foundation for the William T. Brantley Scholarship Endowment for Physical Sciences.

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Polk State College The Foundation received $25,000 from AT&T to support the Polk State Lakeland Gateway to College Collegiate High School. The largest gift received on behalf of Polk State Lakeland Gateway to College, the funds will be used to buy books for students. Established in 2013, this charter high school helps students who have disengaged from traditional high school settings get back on academic track, enabling them to complete their high school diploma and earn college credit.

Polk State College participated in a statewide effort to give high-school and middle-school students an up-close look at the manufacturing industry. More than 260 students toured eight high-tech manufacturing sites in Polk County in early October as County officials proclaimed Oct. 2 as Manufacturing Day. The participating businesses were JC Machine Inc., ITW Professional Automotive Products, Rockford-Ettco Procunier, Sofidel America, Packaging Corporation of America, Pepperidge Farm, MaxPak, and Publix Dairy Manufacturing. Polk State partnered with local schools and career academies to arrange the various tours. The participating students will come from McKeel Academy of Technology and Ridge Career Center, along with Kathleen, George Jenkins, Winter Haven, Lake Wales, Bartow, Lake Region, Auburndale and Ridge Community high schools.

The Polk State College Foundation received a gift from retired Polk State professor, Kathy Riley, who fulfilled her lifelong dream of competing on “Jeopardy!” over the summer. Riley, who taught at Polk State for 27 years before retiring in 2009, won the first night she appeared on the show, but came in second the next night. Between her two appearances on the show, Riley won $10,400, donating a tenth of her winnings to the Polk State College Foundation.

Seminole State College of Florida The first students to enter Seminole State College of Florida’s Applied Welding Program, which re-launched after a two-year hiatus and $100,000 in renovations to the training lab, are finding success a year later. Of the nine students who were part of the first graduating class, eight quickly earned jobs in welding, and the ninth opted to pursue further education before entering the workforce. Cumulatively, the nine students earned more than 45 certifications from the American Welding Society across a variety of trades, processes and procedures, including shielded metal arc welding (SMAW), gas metal arc welding (GMAW), flux cored arc welding (FCAW) and tungsten inert gas welding (TIG).

“Since the program opened in January 2014, we’ve seen more than a 200 percent enrollment increase,” says Jason Becker, who helped develop the program’s curriculum and now serves as one of three instructors. “We’ve had so much demand for this program we can barely keep up.” South Florida State College South Florida State College (SFSC) has been awarded $25,000 through Florida's Integrated Academic and Career Preparation System grant program. Through this grant, SFSC will develop new career pathways options for GED students in Business & Computer Science and Advanced Manufacturing & Industrial Technology.

St. Johns River State College Since 2001, the Woman’s Exchange of St. Augustine has helped women who are returning to college to advance their careers. This year, the organization presented $1,000 awards to 10 women with proceeds from The Woman’s Exchange’s activities and personal donations and two member-sponsored funds. Scholarship funds may be applied toward tuition, fees and books. The Woman’s Exchange Scholarship Committee works with St. Johns River State College Foundation. The College processes all applications based on specific criteria for each award that is available from the foundation office.

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St. Petersburg College Achieving the Dream announced SPC earned Leader College distinction – a national designation awarded to community colleges that commit to improving student success and closing achievement gaps. SPC has shown how data can inform policy and practice to help community college students achieve their goals, resulting in improved skills, better employability, and economic growth for families, communities, and the nation as a whole.

The Florida College System awarded St. Petersburg College Foundation $51,836 in scholarship support. The gift was made possible through the generous support of three outstanding partners: $14,585 from Florida Blue for Nursing and Allied Health Scholarships; $4,841 from the Bank of America for First Generation Scholarships; $32,420 from the Helios Education Foundation for First Generation Scholarships. Pictured L to R: Frances Neu, SPC VP Advancement; Robert Fine, SPC Board of Trustees; Bill Law SPC President; Braulio Colon VP Helios Education Foundation; Joseph Lang, FCS Trustee and SPC Legal Counsel

The St. Petersburg College Foundation is pleased to present its Distinguished Speakers Series featuring Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak. Join SPC on Nov. 2 at the Palladium Theater in St. Petersburg for a lively, interactive discussion with one of the most important innovators of our time. Proceeds from the event will support the SPC Foundation's Scholarship Initiative. With more than 60% of the College's annual enrollment of 45,000 relying on tuition assistance, scholarships play a critical role in the success of our diverse student population. Tallahassee Community College TCC has been recertified as an Achieving the Dream Leader College in recognition of the college’s commitment to improving student success and equity and demonstrating measurable gains on student success metrics over a three-year period. Around the nation, Achieving the Dream colleges are raising persistence and graduation rates, closing achievement gaps, and changing lives.

For the third year in a row, TCC has won the Student Affairs Partnering with Academic Affairs Award from Florida Campus Compact. The award is open to all 28 institutions in the Florida College System. TCC won the award for the Peer Leader Program in the Division of Developmental Communications and College Success. Through the program, the Student Leadership, Involvement, and Civic Engagement office works with the division to place peer advocates in developmental classes to help students transition to college and become more engaged outside the classroom. Florida Campus Compact also recognized two TCC faculty members. Patrick McDermott received the Community Engagement Educator Award, and Lindsey Smitherman-Brown received the Engaged Scholarship Faculty Award. The college was also selected as one of only three finalists for the Engaged Campus of the Year Award. The winner will be announced on Nov. 5.

Valencia College was awarded a $5.25 million grant by the U.S. Department of Education Title V Developing Hispanic-Serving Institutions Program, which is designed to expand educational opportunities on campuses where Hispanics and other minorities make up a large portion of the student body. Valencia has been a national leader in recognizing and meeting the educational needs of the area’s growing Hispanic community. It currently ranks fourth in the country for the number of degrees it confers on Hispanic students, and that same demographic group currently makes up half the student body on its Kissimmee campus. Valencia’s “Got College?” initiative, which aims to increase the percentage of Osceola County high-school graduates who attend college, was recognized in September as a “Bright Spot in Hispanic Education” by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for Hispanics. As part of the federal grant, the college will hire 15 full-time staff including advisors, project directors, data analysts and other support personnel.

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Funding Achievements

College Source of Funding Amount Awarded Description

Broward College U.S. Department of $2,100,000.00 I-NEST (Inaugural Experience, Support and Education Tracking), academic support for first-year students through Broward College’s Academic Success Centers, which are located on each campus U.S. Department of Labor $1,149,465.00 FSCJ is the lead on this $5 million project. Florida American Apprenticeship Apprenticeship is designed to close workforce gap Grant skills faced by IT, manufacturing and health science industries and those heavily impacted by H-1B visas. Establishes infrastructure for data- driven apprenticeship model between FSCJ, SPC, BC and industry partners using accelerated learning and innovative outreach strategies. JP Morgan Chase $440,000.00 CNC Mechatronic Systems Certification program. Builds a program model and career pathway for a high-demand occupation, tied to progressive levels of education, training, support service and credentials. National Science $418,833.00 Development of college-wide Innovative Science Foundation- Improving Teaching Institute (ISTI). Six-week summer Undergraduate STEM workshop for faculty, providing in depth, hands- Education (IUSE) on training and course revision. Transformed courses will be piloted and assessed. Starts with FT faculty and gateway courses, adds Adjuncts and additional courses in subsequent years. The Florida College $81,306.32 Blue Cross Blue Shield Nursing Scholarship, Helios System Foundation Education Foundation First Generation Scholarship and Bank of American Dream Makers Scholarship The Community $36,894.42 Scholarship Support from the Stanley B. and Foundation of Broward, Eileen M. Burns Family Fund Inc. Broward Health $30,640.19 Broward Health Program Support Health Foundation of $30,000.00 Health Foundation of South Florida Scholarship South Florida Gertrude E. Skelly $14,500.00 Health Sciences Simulation Center Program Charitable Foundation Support KABOOM (Non-profit In-kind Provides Creative Playground for children organization that helps between the ages of 1 and 8. Includes stacking, communities build connecting, and creating structures that increase playground for children) a child’s spatial awareness and develop their physical and communication skills. Helps children translate abstract concepts about momentum and stability into tangible structures.

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Chipola College U.S. Department of $1,100,000 This grant will be used to continue tutoring and Education – TriO other student support activities that promote degree attainment and transfer into baccalaureate programs. Daytona State U.S. Department of $1,573,410 Daytona State College received funding for the College Education - TRiO U.S. Department of Education Student Support Services (SSS) Program for five years (September 2015 to August 2020). The College has successfully managed the TRIO SSS program for over 20 years and will use funding in the new cycle to enhance the first-and second-year bridge experience and assist eligible students with successful completion of their postsecondary education. U.S. Department of $300,000 Daytona State College was one of 27 awardees Justice – Office on nationally, through Grants to Reduce Domestic Violence Against Women Violence, Dating Violence, Sexual Assault, and Stalking on Campus (a.k.a. The Campus Program).

DSC’s project, A Collaboration for the Well-Being of Women and Men, includes key external partnerships with local law enforcement, the State Attorney for the 7th Judicial Circuit, and social services agencies in Volusia and Flagler counties, as well as internal campus departments. Among other activities during the three-year project, the College will produce a series of educational video/digital resources including public service announcements and a one-hour talk show that will be shared with institutions and communities throughout Florida via WDSC-TV. University of West Florida $175,000 Daytona State College is a regional service & Florida Small Business provider in Florida’s Small Business Development Development Center Center Network. The DSC Center provides free Network counseling and training for small to medium-sized entrepreneurs and owners of existing businesses. The Center hosts a variety of events throughout the year including a speaker series and monthly roundtables. Florida Department of $961,279 The purpose of this program is to develop more Education – Carl D. fully the academic and career and technical skills Perkins Career and of postsecondary education students who elect to Technical Education enroll in career and technical education programs.

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Florida Department of $593,475 The purpose of the Adult General Education grant Education – Adult is to create a partnership to provide adult General Education education and literacy services to assist adults in becoming literate and obtain the knowledge, skills, and credentials necessary for entering and/or retaining employment, entering into postsecondary education and training, and attaining self-sufficiency; assist adults in completing high school or the equivalent; assist adults who are parents in obtaining the educational skills necessary to become full partners in the educational development of their children.

Florida Department of $60,487 The grant will serve residents of Volusia County Education – English who have limited English proficiency by providing Literacy Civics English literacy instruction, workplace readiness training, community resources education, and transition assistance into college. The program content is intended to ensure students will attain the necessary skills to successfully function in the workplace, community, and society. Florida Department of $307,447 The purpose of this grant for Public Television is Education – Community to provide community service through activities Service Grant for Public related to public and educational broadcasting. Television Funds are to be used for the day-to-day operations of public television stations. All eligible public television stations, of which WDSC-TV is one, received an equal allocation. Corporation for Public $16,300 The Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB) Broadcasting Spectrum Auction Planning Grant helps eligible public television licensees obtain the professional expertise and analyses needed to make informed decisions about participation in the planned FCC spectrum auction, and to engage boards and community members in strategic discussions about their options. This grant program is part of a multi-pronged effort by CPB – the Supporting Healthy Stations’ Spectrum Auction Planning Initiative – that includes a series of informational webinars, spectrum auction decision-making tools and access to national spectrum experts. Florida Department of $782,485 Daytona State College is contracted for five years Children and Families to administer and coordinate child care training and exams in Alachua, Bradford, Columbia, Dixie, Flagler, Gilchrist, Hamilton, Lafayette, Levy, Putnam, Suwannee, Union and Volusia Counties.

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Institute of International $7,500 This program will support students who wish to Education – Generation gain international education experiences. Two Study Abroad Scholarship DSC professors are developing a study abroad program which will take place in Spring 2016 to support 6 students. This program will incorporate our college’s team-teaching methodology and will be based on the QUANTA model, an interdisciplinary learning community in which both instructors plan together assignments, readings, and outings to reinforce concepts taught in the other’s class. This pedagogical model makes students aware of relationships between subjects and ideas; operates through a discussion model that allows for the exploration of a multitude of viewpoints; and develops a keen sense of community and a greater sense of involvement with peers, professors, and the world. Eastern Florida State U.S. Department of $1,423,755 TRiO Student Support Services: Supplemental College Education services for low-income and/or first generation in college Koch Foundation $7,000 Economics Speakers’ Series AARP Foundation and the $152,255 Support for under and unemployed women age Social Innovation Fund 50 and older in the form of training and soft skills development Florida State College U.S. Department of $5,000,000 Florida Apprenticeship in the 21st Century at Jacksonville Labor, Employment and Initiative – This award under the H-1B Job Training Training Administration Grants will be used to help close a statewide workforce skills gap by establishing collaboration between colleges and industry partners on apprenticeships and articulating apprenticeships to college credit, among other goals. FSCJ is lead institution, with Broward College and St. Petersburg College also participating. National Science $819,979 This project will build upon the successful work of Foundation, Advanced FSCJ’s iNoVATE Network Virtualization project, an Technological Education ATE grant that resulted in creation of a Network Virtualization technical certificate. iNoVATE-X will develop curriculum for the Network Enterprise Administration college credit certificate framework and improve accessibility of technician ’s rural and underserved counties.

FSCJ is lead institution, with Daytona State College, Eastern Florida State College, Seminole State College and Tallahassee Community College also participating, along with colleges serving the state’s rural areas: College of Central Florida, Florida Gateway College, Florida Keys Community College. U.S. Department of $180,178 Nursing Workforce Diversity – Registered Nurses Health and Human will be encouraged to earn a Bachelor of Science Services, Health degree in Nursing (BSN) through the Resources and Services comprehensive recruitment and training program. Administration that will be offered in this project. The participant 12

selection process will aim to increase the number of baccalaureate-prepared nurses from underrepresented and disadvantaged populations. The project also will include outreach and nursing career pipeline activities for students in high school and in the college’s Associate’s Degree in Nursing program. U.S. Department of $220,000 This award from the TRIO Student Support Education Services program will be used to serve at least 160 eligible participants who are low-income, first generation college students and/or students with disabilities pursuing Health Science certificate programs, Health Science Associate of Science degree programs, or Associate of Arts degrees leading to pre-med programs.

Florida Department of $119,067 College Reach-Out Program (CROP) – FSCJ has Education hosted CROP since 1983. Today FSCJ administers CROP through the Northeast Florida Consortium, along with St. Johns River State College. CROP is designed to strengthen the educational motivation and preparation for postsecondary education of students in targeted middle and high schools. The target population is low-income and educationally disadvantaged. Indian River State Florida Department of $961,596 Funding to support all adult education programs College Education – Adult at IRSC. Ongoing program activities include Education developing literacy skills and civics education to adults in the IRSC service district. Florida Department of $30,000 Funding to support the Institute for the Education – Adult Professional Development of Adult Educators Education and Family (IPDAE) which provides resources, technical Literacy State Leadership assistance, professional development, and other tools to assist adult education administrators and their staff. Small Business $50,000 Funding to support the IRSC Advanced Administration – 2015 Manufacturing FabLab which will assist local Growth Accelerator Fund businesses with every stage of development.

Florida Department of $951,000 IRSC will provide postsecondary services that fully Education Carl D. Perkins develop the academic, career, and technical skills Career and Technical of students who elect to enroll. Education Palm Beach State U.S. Department of $1,200,000 U.S. Department of Education TRIO Student College Education – TRiO – Support Services (SSS) Grant for $1.2 million for Student Support Services the next five years. PBSC won its first SSS grant in 2001. The program provides intrusive advising, coaching and mentoring and financial aid assistance to 160 low-income, first general and or disabled students every year to help them successfully complete a two year degree and transfer to four year institutions.

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Pensacola State U.S. Department of $1,592,725 Renewal of PSC’s long time SSS program which College Education – TRiO – provides services such as tutoring, counseling, and Student Support Services academic advising to eligible students.

U.S. Department of $1,100,000 PSC received one of the first of 14 Veterans SSS Education – TRiO – grants to provide services such as tutoring, Veterans Student Support counseling, and academic advising to eligible Services student veterans.

BP Gulf Tourism and $37,720 PSC has received a third round distribution of BP Seafood Promotional funding to promote and market Visual and Fund Performing Arts, Summer Dance, Institutional Diversity, Planetarium, and SkillsUSA events.

Marjan Mazza Business $250,000 The Pensacola State College Foundation received and Management a $250,000 gift to establish the Marjan Mazza Endowed Scholarship Business and Management Endowed Scholarship at Pensacola State College. This represents the first endowed scholarship at Pensacola State College specifically designated to support baccalaureate degree seeking students.

In recognition of this gift, the Pensacola State College District Board of Trustees approved the naming of the Marjan Mazza Bachelor Degree Program in Business and Management. Currently 418 students are enrolled in the Marjan Mazza Bachelor Degree Program in Business and Management. William T. Brantley $10,000 The Pensacola State College Foundation received Scholarship Endowment a $10,000 gift from Dr. William T. Brantley for Physical Sciences creating the William T. Brantley Scholarship Endowment for Physical Sciences. Dr. Brantley was a PSC faculty member in Physical Sciences from 1965-1995. He remained as a PSC adjunct faculty until 2009. Dr. Brantley’s gift demonstrates his commitment to continuing to impact on our outstanding students into the future. Polk State College USDOE TRIO Student $1,100,000 Polk State received a TRIO Student Support Support Services Services grant to provide intensive and intrusive support services to increase retention and completion of 160 low income, first generation, and disabled students per year. The grant provides $220,000 per year over a 5-year period. Homeland Security $104,000 Polk State College received additional funding to support campus security activities. The Total FY 2014 Homeland Security target hardening award was increased to a total of $104,000.

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Polk County Tourism $26,406.55 Two grants from the Polk County Tourism Board Board were received to support Polk State events. The Jewel of the Ridge Jazz Festival received $19,014.55 and the Lake Wales Downtown Concert Series received $7,392. U.S. Department of $1,407,555 This project provides supplementary support to Education – TRiO – low-income, first-generation, or disabled college Student Support Services students in order to increase student success as measured by retention, graduation and transfer rates. Individual counseling, tutoring, and other extensive work in the basic academic subjects (mathematics, sciences, reading and writing) will be the substance of the program.

National Institutes of $1,449,850 The long term goal of this program is to enhance Health – Bridges to the pool of community college students from Baccalaureate – SF to UF underrepresented groups who go on to research careers in biomedical and behavioral sciences. The short term goal is to increase the number of underrepresented students who successfully transfer from SF to UF, and graduate with a baccalaureate degree in biomedical or behavioral science-related disciplines. National Science $333,003 The goals of this project are to recruit, retain, and Foundation – transfer primarily underrepresented SF students Collaborative Research: in a two-year Associates degree to Bachelor’s GP EXTRA: Geoscience degree programs in geosciences; establish Engagement and collaborations among SF students, UF faculty Outreach (Geo) – High mentors, and Orlando Science Center informal Impact Integrated science educators; and increase exposure to and Academic and skill-building for careers to produce graduates Professional Experiences prepared for the expectations of future employers and authentic faculty-mentored research in the geoscience subdisciplines of meteorology, soil hydrology, and geoscience and STEM education.

National Science $35,000 This project is researching how online education is Foundation – Online being used to provide or enhance technical Technical Education in education and its impact on faculty, students and ATE-Funded Programs: the college as a whole. The syntheses of the Building Evidence-Based gathered information will generate evidence- Practice based knowledge about what works and what Recommendations does not work in online technical education. Florida Department of $233,064 This grant will assist adults in becoming literate Education – Adult and obtaining the knowledge and skills necessary Education and Family for employment and self-sufficiency, assist adults Literacy, Adult General who are parents in obtaining the educational skills Education necessary to become full partners in the educational development of their children, and to assist adults in completing high school or the equivalent.

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St. Petersburg College U.S. Department $1,407,550 SPC’s TRIO SSS program will support 160 low‐ Education – TRIO Student income, first‐generation, and/or disabled students Support Services (SSS) who are academically at‐risk on the St. Petersburg/Gibbs & Clearwater campuses.

These students will undergo a comprehensive assessment of their individual needs and will be provided enhanced services (such as tutoring, mentoring, academic and career advising, and cultural activities) that will help them to complete their degree and/or transfer in good academic standing to a college/university. U.S. Department of Labor $1,150,000 Based on a consortium partnership between – ETA American Florida State College at Jacksonville (lead), Apprenticeship Initiative Broward College and SPC, the mission of this program is to close the workforce skills gap faced by the high growth industries of IT, manufacturing and healthcare by promoting the growth and expansion of quality and innovative apprenticeships. It is anticipated that the Consortium will serve 1,000 apprentices over the five-year program period, with SPC serving an estimated 333 of that total. Valencia College U.S. Department of $300,000 The grant program is aimed to reduce sexual Justice – Office on assault, domestic violence, dating violence and Violence Against Women stalking on campus

National Science $280,546 This grant program focuses on removing barriers Foundation – EHR Core to success in math Research National Science $100,000 This grant will continue the work with the Foundation – STEM ’s STEP project, currently in its Talent Expansion third year of a 5-year grant period with Miami Program Dade College. The institutions have asked Valencia College to partner on the project for the remaining two years.

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